9402 Fredrick

31 minutes ago, Stanley Melrose said:

I see 3 versions have been announced - I'm guessing that the liveries will be as follows but would welcome confirmation or correction:

 

R3836 Black without lining and later logo

R3838 Black with lining and early logo

R3839 Green with lining and later logo

 

There's no indication of liveries on the Hornby website so before placing an order, I'd like to know how each will be finished.

 

TIA,

 

Stan

From what everyone has said, 78000 will be unlined green, a first for Hornby on any of their mixed traffic locos that were lined br green, and 78047 is gonna be lined br black with late crests.

1 hour ago, gwrrob said:

It appears from the Hornby website that although the BR versions will be available soon the GWR versions have been put back to Spring '20 now.

No, only the BR Black one is, the 3 green ones are pushed back, 4160 included.

January 2020 issue talks about all of the variants in the planned release, very excited. 

All four LMS 20T Brake Vans just got released this morning, as evidant by the fact I just got hit with having $61.58 USD being removed from my account for R6907 really early this morning.

Hornby's website have the livery samples for each princess on the pages for the respective models.

Just put in a deposit for 9400, can't wait to compare it to the main range GWR 9402 when this and the main range 94XXs come out.

2 hours ago, Steamport Southport said:

 

Now now!. Don't be making me feel old...    

 

Available on DVD for about a tenner. Well worth it. Probably the most accurate TV portrayals of railways I've seen. Funny that it was made for kids.

 

A clip for those who don't know it.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOBWLVcoDvU

 

Pssst. The most memorable thing in the whole series is in that clip of the kid getting upset about the locomotive going through at night something like "that's not one of ours!". I can tell him now it was 8233. A new 8F is needed, the current version is looking very dated in some aspects.

 

I think Shannon is highly unlikely. Or should that be Highley....  

 

 

 

Jason

I do also think Hornby's Stanier 5MT needs an update as well, plus that way we can also get the Stephonson Valve Gear and Caprotti Valve Gear variants as rn they only have one variant available in the tooling.

If so, then I'm hoping it'll be about two weeks before that one hits Hornby directly, and that the shed code has been added as I remember the earlier deco samples for the two BR verisons a few engine sheds ago being without a shed code on the smokeboxes, also hoping to see a Shirtbutton, BR Lined Green EE, BR Unlined Green LC, and BR Lined Black EE variant of these locos somewhere down the line in the years to come, and some of them being of the earlier 5101s, I am glad to finally have one of the GWR's most iconic mid-sized tank engines being updated, will see at least one in operation on my layout, once completed.

24 minutes ago, Ian Hargrave said:

New Kernow newsletter announces R3273/3273 X in the shops before Christmas 

You mean R3723/R3723X right?

Hey, was anyone who went to Warley able to get info on if R3719 was gonna be on the current boat to the UK or are the models gonna arrive a bit later?

On 02/11/2019 at 10:50, mdvle said:

 

Just a rough guess but I would say middle of next year or so, still need to finish tooling, go through the EP sample stage(s), and artwork stages before production and that will all be fitting into the schedules for all the other Rapido products.

The changes showed up for me, even on my order, which only had the running number changed.

3 hours ago, No Decorum said:

At long last, the sound version has appeared (at Hatton’s).

I assume you mean the GER Wartime Grey one.

2 hours ago, Harlequin said:

The seven variants are listed in the flyers that were being handed out and on the similar, but slightly less recent, online catalogue:

http://www.Dapol.co.uk/Catalogue/82/index.html

 

Kinda sad that I can't join the collector's club due to me living in the states, would've enjoyed having that 7th variant.

It also looks like, from the pictures, that there was a 7th variant there on display. Wonder what that's about.

28 minutes ago, Pre Grouping fan said:

Model rail snuck in an image of the Vale of Rheidol locos in 009, apparently its an In house project (not through another manufacturer) and drawings were sent to the far east to make cads. 

Hopefully info will be up soon as I really would like to have those locos on my eventual 009 layout, anyone have luck snagging a pic of the image?

Any deco samples of the three main retail release 94XXs at the Bachmann stand?

5 minutes ago, Accurascale Fran said:

 

Working on this atm, technical glitch! Will have it sorted very shortly! Apologies! 

No worries, I know where my first two paychecks for the month are probably going tbh.

It seems I can't place a pre-order for one as it keeps saying out of stock.

Just now, ndg910 said:

Apologies you are correct on point 1. Thanks for clarifying.
You may be right on point 2.

 

No worries, also if Hornby is doing the 78xx, we'll still have it sooner than Bachmann tbh.

1 hour ago, ndg910 said:

We have to remember that Hornby tend to rotate the Big 4 with their new (or retooled) steam offering.

 

in the last few years we have had large Prairie and Duchess for 2019 supplemented by the Terrier at the 11th hour, Lord Nelson and the j15 for 2018,   Merchant Navy I think was 2017. I’m not at my computer to go back further back but if we had a definitive list of new and retooled it might narrow down where big H might be heading. I’ve wondered for a while if the WD S160 is in the offing and having seen the recent wish list I think that might be an option.

 

The earlier post re the Manor might make Hornby execs uneasy if they think Bachmann are closer and can trump them.

 

just my random thoughts.

Two things 1, it's the Princess Royal Class not the Coronation/Duchess Class that were announced with the Large Prairies and Terriers this year

2, Hornby could pull off a better 78xx/Manor as their Grange Class has really well done GWR Stephenson valve gear compared to Bachmann's rendition, plus they have the correct tender type for them too, plus better modelled coaching stock for them.

Well, I may re-do my pre-order, but this time, pay the full price via paypal checkout, for a sound fitted version no less.

When should we expect to see livery samples of these?

23 hours ago, mdvle said:

The 1600 is now in tooling according to the just released Rapido UK newsletter, those who aren't subscribers can find a link to it in the topic started by Rapido today on RMweb.

I saw it when I checked the email, probably not too much longer now, can't wait to see a livery sample.

7 hours ago, Jol Wilkinson said:

The LNWR ceased to exist as a separate entity in 1923. They didn't  establish their own museum or did AFAIK the LMS of which the LNWR had become part, unlike the LNER which established a museum in 1928, which later became the NRM. The LNWR did retain examples of a number of locomotive classes at Crewe but William Stanier had them scrapped. 

 

The LNWR Precedent Class 2-4-0 Hardwicke is probably the only existing LNWR loco not yet modelled that is viable as a 00 RTR model ( the 0-4-0 Shunting tank being too small and irrelevant to interest most buyers although there is a 4mm kit on the way). As Hardwicke is in the NRM  collection it would be available for 3D scanning, which appears to be the prefixed approach to producing new models.

Actually Cornwall hasn't been done in R-T-R 00 Gauge either, only the G2A and Coal Tank out of all preserved LNWR loco classes have been made.

Hopefully I can have rails let me pay for each one within each week or two weeks so I can afford them as my job is cutting my hours.